Insulating handle for saucepans or other kitchen utensils



May l5, E923.

P. ARMENGAUD INSULAT`ING HANDLE FOR SAUCEPANS-OR OTHER KITCHEN UTENSILS Pierre Arm enga ad omeys Y Patented May 15, 19h23.

PIERRE ARMENGA'UD, OF COURBEVOIE, FRANCE.

II\TSULC[II\TG -HANDLE FOR SAUCEPANS OR OTHER KITCHEN UTENSILS. i

Application med February 3, 1921. serial No. 442,144.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PIERRE ARMENGAUD, a .citizen of the Republic of France, residing a Courbevoie, Seine, France, 74 Rue du 22 Septembre, have invented a new and useful Insulating Handle for Saucepans or Other Kitchen Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the securing of metallic, ceramic or other insulating sleeves or sockets upon the handles, lids or the'like of saucepans and other vessels.

In the arrangements hitherto employed, there is generally provided al shank oi' which one or both extremities is orl are screwthreaded, one being screwed upon the stub or lug to which the saucepan handle is attached and the other end receiving a nut consisting for example of the metal cap which serves to iix the insulating socket.

These arrangements apart from the disadvantage that they require components of rather complicated shape and a considerable amount of iitting in erection, do not allow a secure attachment of the insulator.

The method of connection utilized in the present invention is Jfree from all these disadvantages, and is characterized by the fact that a member placed on theV end of the shank of the saucepan handle and designed to retain the insulating socket in position, or the socket itself, is provided with a hole which is brought into register with that of the shank oit' lthe saucepan handle, the parts being secured together either by hammering down the edges of the hole in the socket or in the independent member, inside the hole in the shank, or by the introduction of a ring slipped into the holes in the shank and socket or retaining member when these have been brought into register, the said ring being fixed either by screwing or by turning over or expanding its ends.

The accompanying drawing represents by way. of example different forms of construction of saucepan handles with insulating sockets secured by the method of the present invention.

Figure .l is a vertical longitudinal section of a first form of construction, before iixing.

Figure 2 is a. section on line 2?-2 of Figure l, after fixing.

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of a second form of construction.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a vertical longitudinal sect-ion `is iixedby hammering' or beading over-the edges d2 of the opening d as shown in Figure 2. By turning-down the metal more forcibly at one end than at the other, the desired firmness can be obtained so as to obviate any looseness of the insulating socket.

According to the second form of construction (Figures 3 and 4;), when the openings c and d have been brought into register, there is introduced therein a ring f which is then expanded or pressed down at its two extremities, whilst at the same time it can be dra-wn or distorted to effect the locking of the insulating socket.

In the case wherethe insulated sleeve or socket is composed of a metal tube g (Figure 5), there is arranged at each end an insulating washer 71,; in this way the tube g can never become heated by conduction.

The invention may also be employed where no separate cap is used; in this case the insulating socket b formsa complete sheath (Fig. 6) for the shank a, and when theopening in the shank and socket have been brought intol register as in the previous examples, the locking ring f, which may be provided with a back-plate f', is introduced into place and fixed. By interposing an insulating washer 71, between the ring f and the periphery of the opening in the shank, the last-mentioned may even be kept from contact with the ring f, andthe latter thus prevented from becoming heated.

It will be evident that the invention is not limited to the details of' construction which have beenv described. For example, this method of attachment may be applied to the handles or knobs of saucepans, lids, or vessels of any shape, in which the shank is of a metal other than the vessel or lid, whether attached thereto or enclosed in the metal in casting; there may also be utilized for the manuiacture of the cap any suitable metal.

' The interior of the recess in the cap may be .Y l. Jein.insi'ilating,handle for saucepans or i otlieinkitchen utensils, coniprisiiigy a metal shank having an openingnear 'its free end, anfvinsiila-ting sleeve, and means engaging :said fopening lforv locking. the insulating -'sleeve relatively to the metaly shank. l f

2.,An insulating. handley yiter saucepans or lotherv kitchen utensils, comprisinga metal 'shankhaving an opening nearits free end,

an insulating sleeve, a retaining inetal nieinberupon the free end lof said shank, any opening in said retaining member, anda. ring in` ytio'duced into yboth openings brought vinto 'register' and secured invplace vin said openings. 3.

a. retaining metalnieinber upon the free end of said shank, aii`openi`ng`- in saidretainin'g member, 4and a ring introduced into both openings v,brought .into register andseciired An insulating'.` handle for saucepans or` .other lkitchenuiitensils, comprising a metal vshank having an opening near its'free end,

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in Vplace in said openings, by expanding itsl edges over theedges of said openings.-l ,v

estiinony whereof l: have` signed iny naine to this specifica-tion.

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